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Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

John and Jackie Kennedy, the President and the First Lady (wearing the Pink Chanel suit) on the day of Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963 after arriving at the Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas

A pink suit was worn by Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, the First Lady of the United States on November 22, 1963 when her husband, United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.[1][2] It was raspberry pink and navy trim collared suit was matched with a trademark matching pink pillbox hat and white gloves.[3] After President Kennedy was assassinated, Jacqueline Kennedy wanted to wear the outfit, stained with his blood, during the swearing-in of the new incoming 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson on Air Force One.

Jacqueline Kennedy was a well known fashion icon, and this outfit is thought to be the most well known and popular of all of her items of clothing and her trademark.[4]

Pink Chanel Suit Of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Media

  • Kennedy descending from Air Force One at Dallas Love Field, hours before her husband's assassination

  • Chanel Haute Couture jacket, F/W 1961. Kennedy's suit was a line-to-line copy made by Chez Ninon in New York based on the original design. This is an original haute couture jacket in the same raspberry pink but with black silk trim made by Coco Chanel in Paris. Adnan Ege Kutay Collection.

  • Jacqueline Kennedy wearing her blood-stained pink suit while Johnson takes the oath of office as president

References

  1. ↑ Bradford, Sarah (October 26, 2000). America's queen: the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Viking. ISBN 9780670891917. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ Sparks, Fred (1970). The $20,000,000 Honeymoon Jackie And Ari's First Year. [New York] B. Geis Associates; distributed by World Pub. Co. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ Lawliss, Charles (December 1995). Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929–1994. World Pubns. ISBN 978-1-57215-040-9. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ Spencer, Lauren (January 2002). The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8239-3541-3. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
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